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The Lanes
This photo shows me, my mother and two of my sisters walking home, in either 1967 or 1968. I am the small boy looking back towards the camera. We lived in a bungalow not visible in the photo, on the left hand side almost opposite the large house on the right. This house was owned by Mrs Turner, from whom we would buy our eggs and whenever we went round there, she would always give us a Nuttalls Mintoe.
Contributed by sean baker
Cambridgeshire memories
The Lanes
This photo shows me, my mother and two of my sisters walking home, in either 1967 or 1968. I am the small boy looking back towards the camera. We lived in a bungalow not visible in the photo, on the left hand side almost opposite the large house on the right. This house was owned by Mrs Turner, from whom we would buy our eggs and whenever we went round there, she would always give us a Nuttalls Mintoe.
A memory of Over contributed by sean baker
grandad lack
Hello again. I don`t know when Grandad Lack was born. I have no contakt with any of the Lack family because my mother remarried after my father Eric Lack died. Let me know if you find a link between the Lacks
Anna Stearn
A memory of Willingham contributed by anna stearn
The Lacks
My great great grandfather was born in Willingham, his name was Joseph Lack. Many of my family are buried in the churchyard. I have not been to Willingham yet but hope to do so in the near future. I feel that I know the place so well even though I haven't been there. I am researching my family history, and found that they come from Willingham. Quite a lot of my family were carpenters. It was nice to see someone relating to Lack. Maybe not a good memory but hopefuly it will be a good one when I go to Willingham. Pat Mason
A memory of Willingham contributed by patricia mason
Extracts From Over & Cambridgeshire books
Situated on the Great Ouse (Over actually means ‘river bank’), the church of St Mary is lavishly built from Barnack stone, with an ornately decorated interior, and stone seats extending around much of the walls. There is also much lovely woodwork within, with misericords reputedly from Ramsey Abbey.
An extract from from"Cambridgeshire Photographic Memories".
The Domesday survey does not mention a mill at Over. Even if it did, the mill would have been a watermill, as windmills did
not appear in England until the mid 1100s. Up to the end of the 1800s, windmills were a familiar sight across the Fens. This
example at Over is a tower mill with a rotating cap. The fantail would have rotated the cap to make sure that the sails faced
into the wind. Here, at Over, the mill was employed in grinding corn; it should not be confused with many others that were,
in essence, used for pumping the drains and dykes.
An extract from from"Huntingdon, St Neots and St Ives Photographic Memories".
This well-known landmark is the survivor of the two mills recorded in 1575. Originally a smock mill, and rebuilt as a tower mill, it fell into disrepair during the Second World War. It was then restored; by 1970, with just two sails, it was grinding organically grown wheat for a wholefood company.
An extract from from"Cambridgeshire Living Memories".
Fen Lane lives up to its name, with farm vehicles and horses being the main traffic. There has been some development here, with a new bungalow in the yard beside the Dutch-gabled Ivy House and a terrace of houses, dating from the 1970s, replacing the railings on the left.
An extract from from"Cambridgeshire Living Memories".
Built around 1130, the Manor
is supposed to be the oldest
continuously inhabited house
in Britain. Lucy Maria Wood
Boston, born in December 1892,
bought the building in 1939
and spent two years restoring
it. During the Second World
War she kept open house for
the RAF officers stationed at the
nearby airfield at Wyton, and
arranged musical and literary
evenings. She used the Manor
as an inspiration for her series
of six children`s stories known
as the Green Knowe books.
An extract from from"Huntingdon, St Neots and St Ives Photographic Memories".